frankly coughs upon hearing that name, spluttering on his wine, “Loki? As your personal assistant?“ and he has a moment to ponder that extremely funny mental image and try not to choke to death on the wine while Cosima finishes contextualising and rationalising the choice. He’s calmed down a little by the time she finishes ticking through the reasons.
“I feel like I oughtn’t blab his business, but as Division Head you should probably know these things, and in the end I’m in favour of everyone being able to make informed choices— I always prefer knowing too much rather than too little— anyway.” He takes another (more careful) sip of the wine, fortifying for the batshit details he’s about to drop on Cosima.
“Once upon a time, Loki collaborated with alien warlords to try to conquer Earth. He launched a full-scale alien invasion of NYC. Tony and his fellow costumed superheroes helped repel them, shut down the attempt, and had him captured as a war criminal. So it was personal for Tony, and I understand the wariness. But for me, it was— a very bad thing happened to New York and ostensibly Loki was behind it, but I was still a surgeon at the time, distant from the direct conflict. I never fought him. The first time I ever met Loki face-to-face, I was helping him and his brother when they came to the Sanctum searching for their father. I’ve spoken to this Loki here, and he and I are fine.
“As far as I understand it, the version I knew eventually turned over a new leaf, even back home. Did the right thing. Turned against the warlord. And there are versions of me in other universes that have done dreadful, calamitous, world-ending things, so I figure… don’t throw stones in glass universes, etc. Who the hell am I to judge. So this is my very long roundabout way of saying that a demi-god reduced to taking minutes and filing your paperwork is really deeply funny, but if he’s interested in the task, then I don’t mind the choice. He’s fine, in my opinion, unless he starts displaying any megalomaniacal tendencies; in which case, keep an eye on that.”
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frankly coughs upon hearing that name, spluttering on his wine, “Loki? As your personal assistant?“ and he has a moment to ponder that extremely funny mental image and try not to choke to death on the wine while Cosima finishes contextualising and rationalising the choice. He’s calmed down a little by the time she finishes ticking through the reasons.
“I feel like I oughtn’t blab his business, but as Division Head you should probably know these things, and in the end I’m in favour of everyone being able to make informed choices— I always prefer knowing too much rather than too little— anyway.” He takes another (more careful) sip of the wine, fortifying for the batshit details he’s about to drop on Cosima.
“Once upon a time, Loki collaborated with alien warlords to try to conquer Earth. He launched a full-scale alien invasion of NYC. Tony and his fellow costumed superheroes helped repel them, shut down the attempt, and had him captured as a war criminal. So it was personal for Tony, and I understand the wariness. But for me, it was— a very bad thing happened to New York and ostensibly Loki was behind it, but I was still a surgeon at the time, distant from the direct conflict. I never fought him. The first time I ever met Loki face-to-face, I was helping him and his brother when they came to the Sanctum searching for their father. I’ve spoken to this Loki here, and he and I are fine.
“As far as I understand it, the version I knew eventually turned over a new leaf, even back home. Did the right thing. Turned against the warlord. And there are versions of me in other universes that have done dreadful, calamitous, world-ending things, so I figure… don’t throw stones in glass universes, etc. Who the hell am I to judge. So this is my very long roundabout way of saying that a demi-god reduced to taking minutes and filing your paperwork is really deeply funny, but if he’s interested in the task, then I don’t mind the choice. He’s fine, in my opinion, unless he starts displaying any megalomaniacal tendencies; in which case, keep an eye on that.”